Story Archive
2015-12-22
Although the women say they entered Thailand voluntarily to work in the sex trade, the ones believed to be underage may be victims of human trafficking.
2015-12-22
Wang Lixiong, who specializes in the histories of Tibet and Xinjiang, has been told he can't leave China.
2015-12-22
Pu Zhiqiang has been released into "residential surveillance" and will likely return home in 10 days' time.
2015-12-21
They also counter claims of a police chief’s bravery in ‘freeing’ hostages.
2015-12-21
Police take his uncle into custody the following day, a local source says.
2015-12-21
Parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann wants information about the import of heavy machinery to Hpakant, site of a deadly landslide.
2015-12-21
Problems may be local rather than due to central government policy, though.
2015-12-21
Sun Wenlin is taking his local civil affairs bureau to court, arguing that the terms 'husband' and 'wife' need not be gender-specific.
2015-12-21
The disaster came when a huge pile of unwanted earth collapsed, engulfing 33 buildings.
2015-12-18
Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, discusses his participation in the 2018 general elections.
2015-12-18
Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, discusses his participation in the 2018 general elections.
2015-12-18
Shwe Hmone is ordered to serve 15 days in prison or pay a 10,000-kyat (U.S. $7.70) fine for her involvement in a prayer service for imprisoned reporters.
2015-12-18
Nguyen Van Dai's arrest violates Vietnam's international commitments under human rights agreements, EU diplomats say.
2015-12-18
They say the artist never received permission to paint the portrait.
2015-12-18
They say the artist never received permission to paint the portrait.
2015-12-18
While US and EU companies won't be affected, China could use sanctions to intimidate its regional partners.
2015-12-18
They say incoming Han Chinese migrants are exploiting their grazing lands and threatening their way of life.
2015-12-17
Laos must demonstrate progress on rights and democratic reform, she tells lawmakers.
2015-12-17
Villagers, who say they have lost farmland to Vietnam in the move, vow to protest and remove the poles.
2015-12-17
Villagers, who say they have lost farmland to Vietnam in the move, vow to protest and remove the poles.
2015-12-17
They were detained on Monday after showing support for Pu Zhiqiang outside a court building in the Chinese capital.
2015-12-17
The city wants polluting industries to pay a surcharge for every metric ton of volatile organic compounds they release into the atmosphere.
2015-12-16
Nguyen Van Dai had served four years in jail on the charges between 2007 and 2011.
2015-12-16
A government spokesman says his party will support the incoming administration in its work for reform.
2015-12-16
Beijing should also have more of a say in how the Internet is run globally, Xi Jinping tells a conference.
2015-12-16
Local people fear the plant will pollute the local environment with the carcinogenic by-products of waste incineration.
2015-12-15
He had served his full four-year sentence for ‘propaganda against the state.’
2015-12-15
Wang Junli had been trying to cross the border to Myanmar amid an ongoing crackdown on exiled Chinese dissidents in Thailand.
2015-12-15
Rights groups call for renewed attention to Sombath Somphone's case as Laos prepares to host top-level ASEAN meetings next year.
2015-12-15
Costs are not fully reimbursed, and access to needed medicine is limited, sources say.
